The party-line vote was 54-46 on Tuesday. The Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences.

Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wouldn’t negotiate as long as Republicans were holding up a straightforward spending bill to keep the government operating.

The vote marked the fourth time during this fight that the Democratic-controlled Senate has rejected House Republican efforts. The political stalemate that has triggered the first government shutdown in 17 years.